A Mackay woman used thelott weekend Saturday Gold Lotto win to make the decision she had wanted for years: retirement. She pocketed $3.1 million in draw 4687 and said the prize would finally let her leave work after more than 60 years on the job.
Mackay Woman and The Lott
She took the call while she was at work. Her first reaction was blunt: "Are you serious? Oh my god. I'm shaking. I'm just at work," she said after being told about the win this morning.
Then came the line that summed up the change in her life: "Do you know how long I've wanted to retire?" She had worked for more than 60 years before the win, and the money now gives her a clean exit from that routine.
Draw 4687 in Mackay
The winner said she had been thinking about this moment for years. "I've been visualising myself winning for years and years. I was even doing my groceries over the weekend, and I saw a poster for Saturday Gold Lotto, and I thought, 'Wouldn't that be nice?'" she said.
That thought now sits behind a prize from the weekend's Saturday Gold Lotto draw that was promoted as draw 4687, with a share of $20 million on offer. Her own share was $3.1 million, enough to turn a long-running hope into an immediate plan.
Retirement and a Holiday
Her next move is simple. "You know I haven't been on a holiday for over 10 years," she said, linking the win to a break she had not taken in more than a decade.
She closed the call with the kind of relief money cannot fake: "I can't believe I can retire. What wonderful news. Thank you so much." For a worker who had spent more than 60 years on the job, the prize does not just change her bank balance; it changes the next chapter of her life.
